I want to be an expert in different fighting styles, new training methods, new ways of thinking.
CONOR MCGREGORPeople think hard sparring will get you sharp. And you do get sharp in the gym. But anytime I’ve trained that way, I’ve actually been a little bit flatter in the fight. And the knockout shot hasn’t come. It’s almost because my training has been too hard.
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I am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get brain damage and do themselves long-term harm.
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I always put myself out there. I’m not afraid to commit to something.
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I am not afraid of saying something and going and pursuing it. That’s it. I see it in my mind. I say it out loud. I go and do it.
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I think it’s an Irish thing. We don’t really care. We say it as we mean it, and you have to deal with it. The truth is the truth.
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If I hit a man, his head is gonna go into the bleachers.
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If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.
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Life is about growing and improving and getting better.
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Posture for combat is so vital.
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That’s what I do this for, to secure my family’s future. I don’t care about anything else. I’m able to spoil people, and that’s the best thing.
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I’m just a kid that defied the odds. I’m just a kid that ignored the doubt. I’m just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I’m going to continue to go all the way.
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To do anything to a high level, it has to be total obsession.
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Many people don’t understand ring control. They think they do until they’re against someone who really understands how to set traps, how to create holes in the octagon that they fall into.
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It’s good to make your brain work more than your body.
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Any top-level athlete, it’s always the same. There’s always that hint of arrogance there… It’s hard to be humble when you’re the best.
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I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.
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I knew I’d be in the UFC since I started my career.
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You might win some, you might lose some. But you go in, you challenge yourself, you become a better man, a better individual, a better fighter.
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I don’t feel bitterness, I don’t feel anger towards anybody. Fighting is never emotional to me.
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If they let people go fight jiu-jitsu tournaments, they can’t stop me going to fight a boxing fight.
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I always teach myself calm and visualization stuff.
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I’ll die a crazy old man!
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We come bulletproof in Ireland. We’re reared tough, and we fight.
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I think I am the greatest fighter in any class. I know I can hold two, maybe even three belts.
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I used to pretend that my Peugeot driving to the gym in the rain in Dublin was a Ferrari on the Vegas strip.
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You beat him verbally. You beat him mentally, and then finally, you beat him physically. That’s the three ways to beat a man.
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It could be if I fight in front of one person or one million people. It’s still the same emotions.
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